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1. Individuals residing in rural northwest Iowa who are often featured in stories told by grandparents; such stories may involve the subject eating too much ice-cream and developing a stomach ache or diarrhea, stepping in cow maneur, or falling asleep in front of the television after an exhausting day.

2. Residents in rural northwest Iowa who one tell stories about, regardless of whether the listener knows or cares about the subjects.
1. Ol' Borcher came home t' other night with a gut-ache; guess he ate an entire large pizza at The Pizza Ranch.

2. I hadn't walked through the door before Grandma started telling a story about how one o' the Borchers accidentally scooped up his pet cat while shovelin' snow.
Borchers by P'tainz February 12, 2013

Bingley Butcher 

A tight-fisted person who eats Road Kill rather than buying meat.
That lad is a right Bingley Butcher! Have sniff of his lunch
Bingley Butcher by Greg_the_Smeg February 13, 2019

The lamb ate the butcher! 

Things don't always go according to what's logical or expected.
Nobody gave David a chance in Hell against Golieth, but David fought in faith, and "The lamb ate the butcher!"

Slap the Butcher 

A game that teaches the idea of possession in theater. One person creeps around the circle looking for someone to give the meat to. When he/she places the meat behind the chosen individual, he/she yells SLAP THE BUTCHER. The person with the meat then chases the butcher and tries to slap him/her. It is played in Drama classes around the world.
Me: We played an amazing game of Slap the Butcher in Mr. G's class today.

fancy a butcher's

Comes from cockney rhyming English, the street slang of 18 century London crooks. Fancy a look? look rhymes with (butchers) hook.
I've some stereos. Fancy a butchers, me ol china?
fancy a butcher's by Hermes January 15, 2005

spread butcher 

"The action of a person spreading their rusty sheriffs badge, legs agape" - Isaac Butterfield
"Shazz round the corner got me going when she lay spread butcher at the club last weekend."
spread butcher by DR Willie Stroker September 16, 2020